Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK)
The Anti-Corruption Foundation (Фонд борьбы с коррупцией, FBK) was founded by Alexei Navalny and became Russia's most prominent anti-corruption investigative and advocacy organisation. Its video investigations into the wealth of senior Russian officials — including widely-viewed exposés on Prime Minister Medvedev and others — reached tens of millions of viewers inside Russia.
FBK was designated a "foreign agent" in 2019, then "extremist" and liquidated inside Russia in 2021. After Navalny's imprisonment, the organisation was relaunched internationally in July 2022. Navalny died in a Russian penal colony in February 2024. His wife Yulia Navalnaya now leads the organisation and the broader political movement. In November 2025, the Russian Supreme Court escalated FBK's designation to "terrorist organisation" — the harshest legal classification available, under which Russian authorities have opened over 100 criminal cases against donors to Navalny-linked groups.
Key people
- Alexei Navalny — Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist who founded FBK in 2011. Imprisoned multiple times by Russian authorities; died in a Russian penal colony on 16 February 2024. The most prominent opposition figure in Russia of the 2010s–2020s.
- Yulia Navalnaya — Navalny's widow; took over leadership of FBK and the broader political movement following his death in 2024.
Note on scope
FBK is included here as a significant organisation in the Russian democratic opposition landscape. Its work spans anti-corruption investigation, political opposition, and advocacy for democratic change — all of which face criminal prosecution inside Russia.
Projects
- Investigations — the core work: video and documentary exposés of Kremlin-linked corruption, reaching audiences of tens of millions. A recent investigation (3 August 2026) traced two billion rubles to a single garage used by a senior official's relative.
- Sanctions Lists — compiling and advocating for international sanctions against Russian officials and enablers of the regime
- Elections — electoral strategy and coordination, including the Smart Vote tactical-voting platform used in previous Russian elections
- Polls and Surveys — independent opinion research; a June 2026 poll found Russians losing faith in Putin's stability
- Protest rallies — organising and mobilising coordinated protest actions
- ACF YouTube channels — video-first investigative and political content distributed across multiple channels
- ACF International — the organisation's international advocacy and coordination arm
FBK also operates or links to several parallel initiatives: the Alexei Navalny Prize (prize.navalny.com), the Platform of a Future Russia (yulianavalnaya.com), the Black Book documenting regime-linked figures (black-book.wiki), and Prices Today (pricing.day) tracking economic indicators.
Links
- Website: fbk.info (English)
- News: fbk.info/en/news
- X: @ACF_int
- Telegram: @teamnavalny
- Instagram: @teamnavalny
- YouTube: @NavalnyRu
- Wikipedia: Anti-Corruption Foundation